William Faulkner Quotes
I believe man will not merely endure, he will prevail...because he has a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.
Quotes to Explore
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I believe politicians should always remain realistic.
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AIDS is a horrible disease, and the people who catch it deserve compassion.
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We need worship for our spirit, fellowship for our soul and committed subservience for our body.
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Writing about a person whose struggle you wish you could solve is an act of compassion and also, frankly, opportunism.
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My silver cord – the link between my body and my spirit – was extremely sensitive. It was what allowed me to sense dreamscapes at a distance. It could also snap me back into my skin.
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Today, I regularly attend two Buddhist organizations, the Zen Center of Los Angeles and Against the Stream, but I also attend certain Christian functions. I try to cultivate a generous, kind spirit and am open to anything to help get me there.
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I do not believe in the eternity of the spirit. That contradicts my ideology.
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I love disappearing. That's what acting is. For me it's about putting on a persona, stepping into a pair of shoes. It's my face, but I'm using it as a tool for that spirit, that character.
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When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.
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You have to take strength from the people that love you and the people that love Barbara and the huge number of expressions of sympathy and compassion and support. That has been extremely moving.
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We all, I think, believe in compassion. If you look at all the world religions, all the main world religions, you'll find within them some teaching concerning compassion.
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God is a spirit. A spirit is as much matter as oxygen or hydrogen.
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Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.
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I believe in traditional marriage.
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I was Speaker of the House in Florida, first Republican speaker in 120 years. And I totally dismantled the way this House worked and turned it around to what I believe is right.
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When one has love for God, one doesn't feel any physical attraction to wife, children, relatives and friends. One retains only compassion for them.
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I believe in the jury system.
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Show him who I am, so he will pity me instead of fearing me. And then we can turn pity into compassion, and compassion into understanding, and understanding into affection, and affection into love, and love into life, the life of our children, the life of the new self we will become together.
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Compassion is so pure, I don't think there is any way to taint it.
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The message is that all brilliance emanates from the top; that the worker on the floor of the store or the factory is insignificant.
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[Writing] books is really fun because your "voice" is pretty undiluted. There is a very direct connection between yourself and your audience. You will have an editor, but their job is to help you clarify or improve your voice, not change it.
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I believe man will not merely endure, he will prevail...because he has a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.
